http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/editorial-lets-talk-about-funding-for-mental-health-care
YOU’RE NOT GETTING WHAT I’M SAYING – WHILE IT’S COMMENDABLE TO HELP PEOPLE IN DISTRESS, IT WILL NOT STOP THE FLOW AND INFLUX OF PEOPLE LABELLED WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.
SIMPLY PUT – A BROKEN SOCIAL SYSTEM THAT PERPETUATES THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF MAKING SURE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ENTER THE SYSTEM. ROOT CAUSE FOR SURE – PLACES WHERE PEOPLE LIVE. ADDICTION TREATMENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE LIMITED IN RESOURCES, OVERWORKED SOCIAL WORKERS, FOOD BANKS UNABLE TO COPE WITH THE NEVER ENDING INCREASE IN DEMAND, NORMAL ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO AT BEST VIEW MENTAL HEALTH AS A DISEASE WHEN IN FACT IT HAS BEEN ENGINEERED, AND A CRIMINAL JUSTTICE SYSTEM THAT IS STRESSED TO THE POINT OF BREAKING AND FALLING APART INTO CHAOS. NEVER MIND THE POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE ON THE FRONT LINES IN THE LINE OF FIRE WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO DO THEIR JOBS AND GO HOME AT NIGHT – INTACT IN ONE PIECE(PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY).
IF YOU’RE GOING TO TALK MENTAL HEALTH CARE – THE SCOPE HAS TO BE AT LEAST THIS BIG. IT’S THAT CHALLENGING AND NOT GETTING SMALLER.
IN MY OPINION IT IS NO GREAT LEAP OF FAITH TRYING TO UNRAVEL WHAT HAPPENED IN SANDY HOOK AND POOR LITTLE CHILDREN IN THE LINE OF FIRE. IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PROVE WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY BY WAY OF ALL ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTORS TO BEHAVIOUR AND MORE CONVENIENT TO POINT A FINGER AT A DISEASE CALLED ASPERGER SYNDROME. EVEN SHERLOCK IN THIS DAY AND AGE WOULD FIND IT UNBELIEVABLE.
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